Trump’s tariffs and Europe in decline – Why is the euro falling?

When I moved to Spain back in 2004, I had a few thousand dollars saved up. The exchange rate, on the day I arrived in Madrid, was $1.26

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EU elections, prostitution law fails, and a political update from Spain

Yesterday Europe celebrated an election. An election to form a new EU Parliament, specifically. I’ve mentioned this before, but I suspect I’m not the only person in Europe

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Europe prepares for World War III

The other day I read an article about olive oil. Apparently, it’s rained a lot the last few weeks down in Andalucía, the article said, and so our

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Drugs, Prostitution, and the Spanish GDP – A Love Story

Gotta hand it to the European Union. They’ve always got some new scheme to keep what we call Europe afloat. This week it’s calculating the contribution that sex and

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